W e see all around us every day. We ake a bah or a shower n. We drnk ou of founans a church or a school. We wash our dshes n. We bahe our pes n. We fll up balloons wh and hrow hem a each oher n he summer me. We swm n. We use o wash cars, clean wndows, keep plans and gardens alve, and for mllons of oher hngs. Of course, you know we re alkng abou waer. Bu wha you may no know s ha waer s one of he mos precous, plenful, perfec subsances ha God ever desgned. Waer s he mos valuable subsance on Earh. Whou, lfe as we know could no exs. Le s look a jus how swell waer really s. Waer, Waer, Everywhere Kyle Bu One of he frs hngs ha we noce abou waer s ha here s los of and s found all over he Earh. n fac, abou 75% of our plane s covered wh waer n oceans, lakes, sreams, and ce. No only ha, bu he human body s made up of abou 50-70% waer, and human blood s almos 80% waer. Oher hngs, lke plans, anmals, frus, and vegeables, also conan hgh percenages of waer. For nsance, an apple s abou 84% waer. A waermelon has a fng name, snce s abou 92% waer! s a good hng God desgned our world wh so much waer. Every sngle lvng organsm conans waer. Whou waer, lfe s mpossble. whch waer urns o ce s very unusual? Mos lquds ge denser as hey freeze. Tha means ha her molecules squeeze n gher ogeher and sar o wegh more han he subsance n lqud form. Bu no waer. As freezes, begns o expand and ge less dense han waer n lqud form. You can undersand hs when you hnk abou pung waer n a jug or bole o freeze. f you fll he jug compleely full of waer, when freezes, he waer expands and burss he jug. n a smlar way, waer n ppes somemes freezes, expands, and burss he ppes. So why s so mporan ha waer expands when freezes? f dd no, frozen waer (ce) would snk. Tha would mean he fsh and oher anmals ha lve n waer would be forced o he surface and would de. The fac ha ce floas and does no snk allows anmals ha lve n ponds, sreams, oceans, and lakes o lve hrough he wner. Aren we glad God desgned ce n a specal way o floa! Waer Clmbs he Walls Have you ever seen waer sck ogeher? m sure you have, bu you mgh no have known wha was happenng. Have you wondered why waer bunches up n lle clusers called drops? Why doesn waer jus spread ou evenly on a surface nsead of formng drops? s because of he way waer s desgned. Waer s composed of wo hydrogen aoms ha aach o one oxygen aom. When hese aoms ge ogeher, hey cause he waer molecule o have a slghly magnec ably. Waer scks o self and o oher subsances due o hs aracve force. f you wan o see hs n acon, urn on he fauce n your bahroom or snk. Pu your fnger jus barely no Frozen Waer Floas You mgh be surprsed o learn ha ce s very specal. You see ce n many dfferen places. n Alaska, here are glacers of ce so bg ha you could drve rucks on hem (alhough wouldn advse ). We use ce on a daly bass o keep our drnks cool. n places where s cold n he wner, ponds freeze over and develop a hn shee of ce a her surface. Bu dd you know ha he way n 18 Dscovery March 2012 he flow of waer. Noce ha no only s he waer ha your fnger s ouchng alered, bu he enre sream of waer changes s course even he waer ha s no ouchng your fnger. Ths aracve force causes waer o have surface enson. f you fll a glass up very slowly wh waer, you wll see ha waer can be poured no he glass even pas he op of he conaner. The waer forms a slgh bubble on op ha s called a menscus. You can floa a needle on he surface of waer by genly placng a small pece of ssue paper on he surface wh a needle on op of. The ssue paper wll evenually snk, bu he needle wll res on he op of he waer whou snkng. The surface enson holds he needle up. f you hrow he needle n, he force wll be greaer han he surface enson and he needle wll snk. Ths magnec characersc allows plans o pull up waer molecules. When ha happens, oher molecules are conneced o he ones ha he plans pull up. Ths acon allows plans o ge he waer hey need o say alve. When waer defes gravy lke hs, s called capllary acon. You can see hs ake place by pung a drop of waer on a hard surface and holdng a pece of ssue on he drop. The waer clmbs he ssue despe he pull of gravy. God s amazng creave ables are clearly seen n he unque properes of waer. Who would have hough ha a subsance ha seems so smple could show God s power? Le s always prase God for he good and perfec gfs He has gven us, especally for waer. March 2012 Dscovery 19
Dave Mller s fascnang how, hroughou hsory, God has used H20 physcal waer for sprual purposes. He used he waer of he Flood o cleanse he Earh of sprual corrupon (Geness 6:11-13). As he sraeles were fleeng from Egyp and Pharaoh, He used he waer of he Red Sea as her escape roue. Bu He also used ha occason o bapze he chldren of srael no he relaonshp ha He would have wh hem hrough Moses (1 Cornhans 10:2). They were mmersed n waer walls of waer on her lef and rgh, and waer n he cloud ha hovered above hem. God used he waers of he Jordan Rver o cleanse he leprosy of Naaman, he Syran mlary commander (2 Kngs 5:14). The even caused hm o declare: ndeed, now know ha here s no God n all he earh, excep n srael (vs. 15). Erc Lyons T he General Theory of Evoluon and he Bble dsagree n many ways. Evoluon clams ha he Sun was around mllons of years before he Earh, whle he Bble ndcaes ha he Earh was creaed hree days before he Sun (Geness 1:1-2,14-19). Evoluon says ha he Earh s bllons of years older han humans, bu he Bble eaches ha he Earh s only fve days older han manknd. Anoher dfference revolves around God s creaon of waer. Accordng o evoluon, he Earh (along wh everyhng else n our solar sysem) was born ou of a massve cloud of dus bllons of mles wde. When he Earh fnally formed ou of hs gan dus ball, had no waer on he surface. Then, slowly, over mllons of years, as seam from volcanoes condensed no waer, oceans allegedly began o form. The Word of God ells a very dfferen sory. Geness 1:1 says, n he begnnng God creaed he heavens and he earh. Wha was hs Earh lke when God frs creaed? Was, as evoluonss each, all land and no waer? n fac, he very oppose s rue: God covered he Earh wh he amazng subsance we call waer. On day one of Creaon, he Earh was a formless, waery plane ha God s Spr hovered over. On day wo of Creaon, God separaed he waers (no land!) by creang a frmamen (also called an expanse or a specfc heaven ), whch s mos lkely our amosphere. God made waer appear above and below hs expanse (Geness 1:6-8). was no unl day hree of Creaon, afer God had already menoned waer seven mes n Geness 1, ha He made land o appear ou of he waer under he expanse (1:9). Regardless of wha some people mgh say, God s dvnely nspred accoun of Creaon and man s unnspred heory of evoluon dsagree n many ways. One of hose dfferences nvolves he early Earh and he orgn of waer. As usual, evoluon has wrong: Waer dd no slowly seep ou of he Earh over mllons of years; God mraculously made waer on day one of Creaon. Jesus used waer o resore sgh o he blnd man. He spa on he ground and made clay wh he salva. He hen anoned he eyes of he blnd man wh he muddy mxure, and old hm o go o he pool of Sloam and o wash he clay off hs eyes. Havng done so, he man could see for he frs me n hs lfe. When he Jewsh leaders refused o beleve hs mraculous use of waer and he deny of he One who used o heal he blnd man he answered hem: Why, hs s a marvelous hng, ha you do no know where He s from; ye He has opened my eyes! Snce he world began has been unheard of ha anyone opened he eyes of one who was born blnd. f hs Man were no from God, He could do nohng (John 9:30,32-33). Jordan Rver The crownng maserpece of Jesus use of waer for sprual purposes s seen n Hs conversaon wh Ncodemus. To ener no he kngdom of God, Jesus sad one mus be born of waer and he Spr (John 3:5). He mean ha a person mus be mmersed n waer n accordance wh he Spr s nsrucons gven n he Gospel. As Paul explaned, o conac Chrs s deah and blood, a person mus be bured wh Hm hrough bapsm (Romans 6:4). No wonder Peer announced o hose who suddenly realzed ha Genles had he rgh o become Chrsans: Can anyone forbd waer, ha hese should no be bapzed? (Acs 10:47). And no wonder Peer declared ha bapsm now saves us (1 Peer 3:21). He mean ha Chrs s deah, bural, and resurrecon do no save a person unl he or she s bapzed. Prase God for Hs amazng use of waer! 20 Dscovery March 2012 March 2012 Dscovery 21
y v c e Pag S A 1. Waer can sore a lo of hea or lose a lo of hea whou s emperaure beng drascally changed. 2. Waer s poorly desgned. 3. Every sngle lvng organsm conans waer. 4. When waer freezes snks. 5. The heory of evoluon and he Bble agree on he orgn of waer on Earh. 6. Waer expands when freezes. 7. God made waer wh wo oxygen aoms and one hydrogen aom. 8. God made land before waer. 9. Waer keeps emperaures from geng oo exreme on Earh. 10. 1. Day of Creaon on whch God made waer True or False Help Fsherman Fred fnd hs way o hs favore waerhole. Sar Dear Dgger Doug, My sser s consanly hng me and ongh we were n he lvng room and she would never go away or sop hng me. Wha should do? know have o pray abou. Jeanne May, Hemphll, TX Dear Jeanne May, Earh would be a lo beer plane on whch o lve f had less waer. Fll n he Bble Verses Machng (NKJV) 2. Percenage of Earh covered n waer 1. Jesus answered, Mos assuredly, say o you, unless one s born of and he Spr, he canno ener he kngdom of (John 3:5). 2. [T]he Dvne longsufferng waed n he days of, whle he ark was beng prepared, n whch a few, ha s, egh souls, were saved hrough waer. There s also an anype whch now us (no he removal of he flh of he flesh, bu he answer of a good conscence oward God), hrough he of Jesus Chrs (1 Peer 3:20-21). 3. Can anyone forbd, ha hese should no be? (Acs 10:47). 3. Cleansed of leprosy 4. The chemcal formula for waer 5. mmerson n waer 6. Frozen waer 7. Day of Creaon on whch God made he frmamen 8. Percenage of he human body ha s made up of waer A. H20 F. Ncodemus 9. Was old ha one mus be born of waer and he Spr B. Two G. God C. 50-70 H. One D. 75. Naaman E. ce J. Bapsm 10. The Desgner of waer 22 Dscovery March 2012 Your queson s very mporan because helps us see somehng abou he Bble. The Bble has answers o scence quesons, such as, How dd he Earh ge here? and Wha was creaed frs? Bu also has answers o quesons lke yours, abou how we should rea ohers and lve our lves. You are rgh ha you should pray abou he suaon. Frs Peer 5:7 says ha we can cas all our cares on God, because He cares for us. Afer prayng abou, you should ry o apply he Golden Rule. Jesus sad ha we should do o ohers wha we wan ohers o do o us (Mahew 7:12). Try o hnk hrough how you would wan o be reaed. Maybe alk o your sser n a knd way abou how much you dslke her hng you. Perhaps you could ask her why she does, and wha you mgh do o help her sop. Try o hnk abou a me when you have done somehng ha you knew anoher person dd no lke. And hen hnk abou how you would have lked o have been reaed. Fnally, do no ake revenge. The Bble says ha we are supposed o repay no one evl for evl. nsead, we should urn he oher cheek when we are wronged (Mahew 5:39) and pay hem back wh a blessng (1 Peer 3:9). The nex me your sser hs you, hnk of somehng nce o do for her and pay her back wh a blessng. You wll be surprsed a how good you wll feel when you ry o work ou your problems n hs way. Thank you for he grea queson. March 2012 Dscovery 23
APOLOGETCS PRESS, NC. 230 Landmark Drve Mongomery, AL 36117 (800) 234-8558 (Orders) (334) 272-8558 Nonprof Organzaon U.S. Posage PAD Mongomery, AL Perm No. 513 2012 Apologecs Press, nc. All Rghs Reserved Edor: Kyle Bu, M.A. Assocae Edor: Erc Lyons, M.Mn. Layou and Desgn: Rob Baker, M.Ed. ADDRESS SERVCE REQUESTED ng z a m A s h r The Ea sem y S g n n o Ar Cond W Jeff Mller exreme. n scenfc erms, has wha s called a hgh specfc hea capacy. Tha means ha waer can hold a lo of hea way more han almos any oher naural subsance on Earh. Waer can sore a lo of hea or lose a lo of hea whou s emperaure beng drascally changed. So, acs lke an ar condonng un for he Earh, keepng s emperaure relavely consan. does he same hng for our bodes, whch are made up of abou 50-70% waer. f we lve close o a large body of waer (and much of he world does), hen akes a lo more hea or cold (a lack of hea) o sgnfcanly change he emperaure han f we lved away from areas ha have a lo of waer lke n desers hen seen from space, Earh has a blue appearance. Ths has led many o call he Blue Plane. The reason for hs s ha abou 75% of he enre area of he Earh s covered by waer. Tha fgure s mporan because helps o show ha he Earh Some would have you o beleve ha here s no God was desgned by God, and ha everyhng we see n he Unverse came abou on s no he resul of mndless s own by accden. Bu when we look a he amazng ar evoluon. condonng sysem wh whch he Earh and our bodes You may have seen n he are equpped, s clear ha such a hng could no have moves or read n books how he come abou on s own. God desgned our plane and our emperaure n he deser can be prey bodes perfecly o keep us alve for as long as we need severe. can be exremely ho durng he day, and hen hem n order o do Hs wll. quckly urn exremely cold durng he ngh. f he whole Earh had such drasc emperaure changes, would no be a very good place for humans o lve. However, mos of he Earh does no have hs problem, due n large par o he fac ha he Earh has so much waer on. Ths makes a perfec envronmen for lfe o exs proof ha was desgned for a purpose by God. Waer has an amazng propery whch makes handy o have around for keepng emperaures from geng oo True or False: 1-T; 2-F; 3-T; 4-F; 5-F; 6-T; 7-F; 8-F; 9-T; 10-F. Machng: 1. H (One); 2. D (75); 3. (Naaman); 4. A (H20); 5. J (Bapsm); 6. E (ce); 7. B (Two); 8. C (50-70); 9. F (Ncodemus); 10. G (God). Fll n he Bble verses: 1. waer, God; 2. Noah, saves, bapsm, resurrecon; 3. waer, bapzed. 24 Yearly Subscrpon Fees n U.S. Funds Only Uned Saes of Amerca: ndvdual rae: $14 each Bulk rae (a leas 5 o same address): $10.00 each. Club rae (a leas 10 o dfferen address pad ogeher): $12 Homeschool dscoun 10% off above raes Dscovery March 2012 END ANSWERS